Apparatus for manufacturing glass.



No. 635,041. Patented oct. 1.7, |899. J. GEORGE & c. M. sHonTLE.

' APPARATUSVFOB MANUFACTURING GLASS.

(Applcaticn led Dec. 23, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURINGl GLASS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,041, dated October 17, 1899. Application iled December 23, 1898. Serial No. 700,139. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ 10h07 777100Z/ 007710977 said gears Sare adapted to be operated by any Be it known that we, JAPHUS GEORGE, of yapproved means. Endless sprocket-chains or Ithaca, in the county of Tompkins,and CHRIS- steel bands 9 are disposed around each ver- TOPHER M. SHORTLE, of Bernhards Bay, in tical pair of sprocket-wheels, whereby the the countyof Oswego, State ofNew York,have inner edges of each pair of chains are dis- 55 invented certain new and useful Improveposed parallel to and a short distance from ments in Apparatus for the Manufacture of each other. Clutch-'sections 10 are secured Glass; and we do hereby declare the following at intervals on the pairs of chains to one side to be a full, clear, and exact description of the of the frame and are provided with proj ecto invention,such as will enable others skilled in tions or teeth 1l, and clutch-sections 12 are 6o the art to which it appertains to make and use secured to the opposite pair of chains and the same. are provided with indentations or sockets 13 Ourinvention relates to an improvement for the reception of the projections or teeth in an apparatus for making sheet-glass, the 11 to securely wedge the glass therein and 15 object of the invention being to provide an prevent any possibility of slipping. A track 65 apparatus that will operate to automatically or guideway 14 is provided and is similar in draw a continuous sheet of glass, cut the shape to the position of the endless chains, glass into lengths, and convey the sheets of or, in other words, having rounded upper and glass to a depository. 1 lower ends and straight parallel upright sides.

zo A further object is to provide an apparatus The track orguideway Mis provided with end- 7o that will greatly lessen the cost of manufacless guides or beads 15 16, extending around ture of sheet-glass. the track or guideway, the guides or beads A further object is to provide an apparatusn 15 being disposed in recesses 17 or between for drawing sheet-glass which will be comparallel arms 18 on the ends of the clutches 10 2 5 paratively simple in construction, entirely and 12, whereby to effectually guide same and 75 automatic in its operation', and most effectual insure their proper position with relation to when in use. each other. A knife oi' cutter 19 is disposed With these objects in view the invention between each pair of clutches 10, and each consists in certain novel features of construcknife is provided with rearwardly-extending 3o tion and combinations and arrangements of arms 20, having parallel lugs 2l disposed at 8o parts, as will be more fully hereinafter deright angles, whereby to receive the guide or scribed, and pointed out in the claims. bead 16 on the track or guideway 14. The

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 guide or bead 16 is approximately parallel is a view, partly in section, illustrating our with the guide 15 throughout its length, ex-

35 improvements; and Fig. 2 is a detail view of cept at a point near the upper end of the in- 85 a clutch, guide, and knife. ner side of the track or guideway, where the 1 represents a frame which is preferably guide 16 inclines, as shown at 22,and merges made of metal and comprises uprights or into the guide 15 and again diverges therestandards 2 and cross pieces or braces 3. The from at the uppercurved portion of the guide- 4o lower ends of the uprights or standards are way or track, as shownat 23. It will be read- 9o preferably curved outward, as shown, Where ily seen that when the knife reaches the inby to more firmly support the apparatus in clined portion 22 it Will be forced forward place. Four of th-ese cross-pieces 3 are prothrough the sheet of glass, and hence cut the vided with suitable bearings 4 for the recepsame, and when the knife reaches the diver- 45 tion of shafts 5, each cross-piece having two ging portion 23 it will be withdrawn from be- 95 of such bearings and shafts. A sprocketneath the edge of the cut section and permit wheel 6 is secured at the end of the shafts 5, the sheet of glass to be carried off by means and intermeshing. gear-wheels 7 are secured of an endless carrier 27, which will be more to the lower shafts. Suitable gears 8 are fully hereinafter described. It Will also be 5o adapted to mesh with the gear-wheels 7 and seen that we can employ any number of these roo clutches lO l2 and knives 19 on the endless chains, according to the length of the sheet of glass to be cut.

Clutch-sections 25, having projections or teeth thereon, may be disposed on one series of chains, and clutch-sections 26, having indentations therein, may be disposed on the other series of chains, whereby to prevent the glass curling or drawing at its edges.

A roller 26a is revolubly mounted in the upper portion of the frame l and is disposed so that its peripheral face will be in alinement with the path of the sheet of glass ct, and an endless belt or carrier 27 is passed around said roller and extends outward from the frame to any desired point for depositing the sheets of glass, where a roller (not shown) is provided for the belt or carrier. An idle-roller 28 is also mounted in the frame, above the roller 26, and has one edge in alinement with the path of the upwardly-moving glass and,'t0 gether with the roller 26, is adapted to temporarily hold the glass a in a perpendicular position.v Levers 29 are pivotally connected to the frame l and are provided with two members 30 31, disposed at right angles to each other. The members 30 are connected at their upper ends by means of a cross pieceor rod 32,Which is disposed in curved elongated slots 33 in guides 34, disposed on opposite sides of the frame. The other member 3l is provided with an elongated slot or guide 35, adapted to receive a crank-pin 36, projecting from a crank-arm 36a on the shaft of the sprocketwheel 6, whereby to move said lever 29.

It will be seen that when a sheet of glass a is cut and forced upward between the rollers 26a and 28 the members 30 of the levers 29 will be moved over and rest iiat against the glass, and as the sprocket-wheels turn and convey the cutter and clutches to one side they will also gradually lower the member 30 of the lever 29 and incline the sheet of glass, when it will be entirely supported on the lever 29 until the endless carrier 27 is reached, when the glass will be deposited thereon and be conveyed to any desired depository. The lever 29 will then be returned to take another sheet of glass, and the operation will be repeated indeiinitely.

Any approved melting-furnace 38 may be employed and provided with an opening 34 to permit the passage of molten glass into the draft-tank 35. Afloat-block 36 is preferably disposed in front of said opening 34, whereby to prevent any solid particles from passing into the draft-tank. A draft slot or opening 37 is provided in the upper portion of the draft-tank, and suitable cooling-pipes may be provided in proximity to said opening to cool the glass sufficiently to prevent its being o drawn out too thin.

The operation of our improved apparatus is as follows: When the apparatus is iirst started, we take abar or strip of iron having asbestos secured at its edge, the bar or strip just the width of the glass to be drawn, and insert the bar into the molten glass and permit the clutches l0 and 12 to clutch the asbestos, when the clutches will bedrawn up and the glass will be clutched by the next succeeding clutches and the operation willhave been started. As the continuous sheet of glass-is being drawn from the draft-tank 35 it will be cutby the cutters 19 when they reach the inclined guide 22, and the several sheets resting on the knife will be conveyed upward between the rollers 26a and 28, and as the cutters move around the sprocket-wheel 6 it will throw the lower edge of the glass outward and assist the lever 29, which has in the meantime moved over to receive the glass to lower the same. The glass is then deposited on the endless carrier 27 and conveyed to any desired depository.

It will be seen that the operation of our improved apparatus after it is once started is a continuous one as long as any glass re mains in the draft-tank 35 and entirely automatic and that sheets of glass can be made quickly,andhence cheaply,with our improved apparatus, and our apparatus will insure a uniform size and thickness to the sheets of glass.

Various slight changes might be resorted to in the general form and arrangement of the several parts described Without departing from the spirit and scope of our invention, and hence we would have it understood that We do not wish to limit ourselves to the precise details set forth, but consider ourselves at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of means for drawing a sheet of glass from a molten mass, means for automatically subdividing said drawn sheet and means for receiving and automatically discharging the subdivided sections of glass, all of said means coperating in a single apparatus.

2. The combination of drawing and elevating means, a cutter actuated automatically by said drawing and elevating means and means also actuated by the drawing and elevating means adapted to receive and discharge severed sections of glass.

3. The combination with upper and lower sprocket-wheels, of parallel elevators passing over said sprocket-wheels and carrying meansy for engaging and elevating glass, a cutter, a discharging device for severed sections of glass, a crank-arm on said discharging device and a crank-arm on the journal of one of the sprocket-wheels and adapted to operate the crank-arm on the discharging device.

4t. In an apparatus for drawing glass, the combination with a frame, of endless carriers in said frame, clutches on said carriers, knives on said carriers and means for operating said clutches and knives.

5. The combination with aframe, of end- IOO IIO

less carriers adapted to convey a sheet of glass mounted in said frame, clutches on said carriers, knives or cutters on said carriers guides in said frame for said clutches and knives and means on said guides for forcing the knives through the glass carried by said carriers.

6. The combination with aframe, of vertically-disposed endless carriers spaced a short distance apart, cooperating clutch-sections on said carriers, knives disposed between each pair of clutches on one conveyer and means in said frame for guiding said clutches and operating said knives.

7. The combination with a frame, of parallel upright endless carriers spaced apart, cooperating clutch -sections on the respective carriers, knives between the clutches on one carrier, an endless guide for said clutches and knives and means for conveying the glass away aft-er it has been cut.

8. The combination with a frame, of means Y for drawing sheet-glass, automatically-operating means for cutting the` glass into sections, a conveyer connected with said frame, a discharging device mounted in proximity to said conveyer and adapted to receive the severed sections of glass and means adapted to automatically operate said discharging device to deliver the severed section of glass to the conveyer.

9. The combination with a frame, of sprocket-wheels mounted in said frame in vertical pairs, endless sprocket-chains passing around each pair of sprocket- Wheels, clutches and knives on said chains, guides in said frame for guiding said clutches and knives and said guide inclining at a point in the guide for the knives inclined at a point Y vin its path whereby to force said knivesA through the glass to cut the same and a second inclined portion in said knife-guide to return the knife to its normal position. l

11. In an apparatus for making sheet-glass, the combination with vertically movable clutch-sections and a knife, of means for automatically manipulating said clutch-sections and knife to draw a sheet of glass and cut it and then release the severed sheet and means constructed and arranged to receive the severed sheet and deposit it automatically.

12. In an apparatus for making sheet-glass, the combination with a series of coperating clutch-sections, of means for continuously raising said clutch-sections and causing them to grasp and draw a sheet of glassY and afterward release the same, knives and means operating automatically to manipulate said knives to sever the sheets of glass before they are released by the clutches. y

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAPHUS GEORGE. CHRISTOPHER M. SHOR'ILE. Witnesses:

CLARENCE STIvENs, JOHN N. MEAD. 

